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B030916 - AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
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Academic Year 2020-21
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Experimantal and Clinical Medicine
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/07 - AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
01/03/2021 ⇒ 11/06/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Study on qualitative and quantitative traits inheritance. Fundamentals of molecular genetics. Population genetics.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Russell, P. J., Wolfe, S. L., Hertz, P. E., Starr, C., McMillan, B. Genetica Agraria (EdiSES)
Learning Objectives
Understanding the genetic basis of biological variability.
Basic knowledge of the main techniques of molecular analysis and processing of the experimental data.
Acquired skills: modern technologies for the enhancement of crop and safeguarding biodiversity.
Teaching Methods
Lecture and classroom exercises.
Further information
Attendance to classes and other activities, although not mandatory, is strongly recommended.
Type of Assessment
Written test.
Questions are formulated to verify that the student, in addition to the acquisition of specific knowledge, achieved the ability to elaborate and correlate the topics examined during the course.
Course program
- The cell and its genomes: the plant cell; the nuclear genome; the genomes of cytoplasmic organelles
- Structure and replication of DNA: DNA identification; DNA structure; DNA replication; DNA arrangement; replication errors correction mechanisms
- From DNA to proteins: the relationships between DNA, RNA and proteins; RNA synthesis from DNA; mRNA synthesis in euchariotes; polypeptides synthesis from mRNA; base pairs mutations
- Mendel, genes and inheritance: genetics knowledge at the beginning of 1900; Mendel’s and genetics birth; verification of genetic hypotheses
- Genes and chromosomes: genetic linkage and recombination; chromosomic alterations with effects on inheritance
- Genomes: genomes organization and dimensions; repeated DNA; transposons and retrotransposons
- Gene expression: transcription regulation in euchariotes; post-transcriptional, translational and post-translational regulation
- Microevolution: genetic changes in populations
- DNA technologies and Genomics